Holy Moments 3 – God has a purpose for you.

I’m not that old, but I remember when days used to begin.
When I was in primary school I can remember waking up and the only noise to be heard in the street would be that of the milk man finishing his early morning round. The TV wouldn’t be on because there wasn’t any early morning TV shows … but now it just continues. TV is around the clock, wanting to captivate our attention the moment we get up, whenever we get up. I don’t know when it happened, it wasn’t announced; the day that never ended.

Here’s a question: who invented weekends?

We are so reliant on weekends, or at least we look forward to them (we’re free from the office for two days) but they weren’t always around. Our weekends are predominantly Jewish in nature, relating to the Sabbath (to rest). They’re holy moments.
Before God invented them in Jewish law there were no weekends. But the weekend is not just about reminder to rest, it’s about reminding us in whom we rest.

Ex 20:8-10 (Msg) “Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Work six days and do everything you need to do. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to GOD your God. Don't do any work.”
Or as it says in the Amp “withdrawn from common employment and dedicated to God”

This wasn’t one of the ten requests, or ten suggestions. God commanded it for a purpose and not as a burden. So there is a necessity in it. We cannot afford to think of our time alone with God as being optional.

We are told to keep a time holy (i.e. devoted to God), taking time to relax is essential too, but these holy moments are about restoring, revitalising.
We need to be people that hear from God not people that simply talk to God. The world is desperate for us to be God hearers not God gassers. That is what we need to be [to have a fulfilling life] and what the world wants from us.

Our lives have changed but what the world needs is the same.
“If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land.” 2 Chron 7:14 (NLT) Our land still needs healing.

Seeking God’s face is done is the quiet times, those holy moments.
I’m sure you’ve seen Westerns where the trackers are seeking someone. They do it in silence, observing, listening, following.